Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Rowntree Park
- Church of St Helen
- York Art Gallery
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Debtors' Prison
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Greyfriars
- York's Airfield
- Walmgate Bar
- A Pipkin
- The Council of Arles